tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54322073432868073062018-03-07T17:57:41.843+00:00VOICES OF A DISTANT STARILLUSTRATION - RESEARCH - ASTRONOMY - THOUGHTSGavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-1808556110635464702012-03-11T20:15:00.002+00:002012-03-11T20:21:52.917+00:00starshine<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t6guQeCiG14/T10IYXOFQFI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/_c6j86RX3Ik/s1600/sequenceblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t6guQeCiG14/T10IYXOFQFI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/_c6j86RX3Ik/s400/sequenceblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718736316473360466" border="0" /></a><br />A sequence of abstract images based upon the birth, growth and decay of stars.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-63942518375965260452012-03-04T00:31:00.002+00:002012-03-04T00:40:50.110+00:00Maelstrom<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4z4viwfhH5o/T1K4moPFogI/AAAAAAAAAiE/pxvkK75DBfI/s1600/dancingblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 366px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4z4viwfhH5o/T1K4moPFogI/AAAAAAAAAiE/pxvkK75DBfI/s400/dancingblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715833850861822466" border="0" /></a>The night sky may seem still, constant and unchanging, but in reality the stars, planets and galaxies above perform a never-ending dance choreographed by gravity and the fundamental laws of the universe. An elegant and complex series of orbits, spins, twists and turns in the ballroom of the universe. Everything that exists is a participant in this great, whirling and relentless dance. A maelstrom of movement in an eternal cosmic ballet.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-34398876369334910942012-03-02T00:15:00.004+00:002012-03-02T00:20:12.102+00:00Enceladus<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4LXZIo6-edU/T1ARS4qLsEI/AAAAAAAAAh4/l_MSITvU-nA/s1600/moon2blogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4LXZIo6-edU/T1ARS4qLsEI/AAAAAAAAAh4/l_MSITvU-nA/s400/moon2blogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715086943277789250" border="0" /></a>Orbiting Saturn, the frozen terrain of Enceladus is a world of icy canyons and colossal craters. From within the moons core, water bursts forth to the surface, forming gigantic plumes in the sky above. These continuous eruptions surround Enceladus with spectacular ribbons of shimmering water and ice.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-63318492315769390872012-03-02T00:09:00.003+00:002012-03-02T00:15:30.427+00:00Europa Weave<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ez2I1VgqnjE/T1AQcl7Xv9I/AAAAAAAAAhs/8ellIoxOPpo/s1600/moonblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ez2I1VgqnjE/T1AQcl7Xv9I/AAAAAAAAAhs/8ellIoxOPpo/s400/moonblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715086010536673234" border="0" /></a>Encased by thousands of interlocking sheets of ice, Europas fractured surface is an intricate web of criss-crossed cracks and converging trenches. A complex and ever shifting pattern woven by the hand of gravity and the violent nature of the moons own geology.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-37981178971376799842012-02-22T13:10:00.002+00:002012-02-22T13:18:08.689+00:00doodledoodle<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GKqvTerGarU/T0Tq8ZyKjdI/AAAAAAAAAhI/mmtEuLhfYLE/s1600/palmblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GKqvTerGarU/T0Tq8ZyKjdI/AAAAAAAAAhI/mmtEuLhfYLE/s400/palmblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711948550846975442" border="0" /></a>Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-683658196150587542012-02-18T23:29:00.003+00:002012-02-18T23:37:38.551+00:00Music of the spheres<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4OvSrmMScs/T0A0bGFgYhI/AAAAAAAAAg4/GkjTBLkexvA/s1600/record%2Bplayer%2Bblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 381px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4OvSrmMScs/T0A0bGFgYhI/AAAAAAAAAg4/GkjTBLkexvA/s400/record%2Bplayer%2Bblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710621967600607762" border="0" /></a>The universe is filled with music. Every planet, every star, every object in the night sky emits its own unique song in the language of radiowaves. Modern technology allows us in to listen to this cosmic choir and decypher its various chirps, crackles and static whisper. A hidden language that reveals to us the secrets of the night sky.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-57096305200753212522012-02-16T11:34:00.002+00:002012-02-16T15:47:45.198+00:00Rubiks<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gyOzlmAxuqQ/Tz0lFddWvUI/AAAAAAAAAgs/2sUYfBllWMQ/s1600/rubiksVblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gyOzlmAxuqQ/Tz0lFddWvUI/AAAAAAAAAgs/2sUYfBllWMQ/s400/rubiksVblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709760678312983874" border="0" /></a>“Mysteries do not lose their poetry when solved. Quite the<br />contrary; the solution often turns out more beautiful than the<br />puzzle and, in any case, when you have solved one mystery you<br />uncover others, perhaps to inspire greater poetry”<br />-Richard DawkinsGavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-3440731154363627732012-02-16T11:30:00.006+00:002012-02-16T11:37:04.303+00:00Under the Microscope<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7SlTaSHoyo/TzzpMal3GwI/AAAAAAAAAfw/uZ2G1QPh3ZY/s1600/microscopeblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7SlTaSHoyo/TzzpMal3GwI/AAAAAAAAAfw/uZ2G1QPh3ZY/s400/microscopeblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709694827104770818" border="0" /></a>"The wonders we see through our telescopes are laboratories where we can test our understanding of the universe" - Brian CoxGavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-53813417865615796022012-02-16T11:30:00.001+00:002012-02-16T11:30:48.006+00:00facetime<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6G_P60O5jw/Tzzo4D0ftuI/AAAAAAAAAfY/xLWFvjb8QU8/s1600/facetimeblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6G_P60O5jw/Tzzo4D0ftuI/AAAAAAAAAfY/xLWFvjb8QU8/s400/facetimeblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709694477394753250" border="0" /></a>Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-78800805054488341442012-02-16T11:20:00.001+00:002012-02-16T11:45:59.412+00:00Tree<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hajVfvgOQfU/TzzsaBxGpzI/AAAAAAAAAgU/MR42C-SlQWk/s1600/treeblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hajVfvgOQfU/TzzsaBxGpzI/AAAAAAAAAgU/MR42C-SlQWk/s400/treeblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709698359494092594" border="0" /></a>Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-57147007314965651222011-10-21T00:24:00.004+01:002011-10-24T22:30:53.066+01:00Moving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--BvlsScICDM/TqCurLMY1mI/AAAAAAAAAeM/fv4QWZJcDXI/s1600/moving%2B-%2Bblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--BvlsScICDM/TqCurLMY1mI/AAAAAAAAAeM/fv4QWZJcDXI/s400/moving%2B-%2Bblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665720387994441314" border="0" /></a>An idea I've been working on recently as part of the <a href="http://wordslikepictures.com/parabola/">Parabola Project</a>, which is essentially a fantastic wee book of poems and short stories with accompanying artwork, illustrations and photographs. I was lucky enough to be contacted and asked to produce a piece for the second issue of the project, more specifically to illustrate a great little poem by Molly Naylor. The poem, entitled 'Moving', has some fantastic imagery in it, exploring the experience of moving house and the feelings and memories that can be uncovered during the process of unpacking. There was a lot of visual inspiration to sink my teeth into here which allowed me to experiment with quite a few different concepts, before finally settling on the images above. In the end, I decided to concentrate on, and combine, two visual hooks. One being the idea of the character 'unpacking' forgotten memories as they opened the various boxes, whilst the other being the abstract sculptures, shapes and piles they crafted from the boxes and rediscovered objects themselves.<br /><br />Apologies if most of the previous paragraph reads like the ramblings of a complete and utter idiot, but it's my best attempt at sounding like a competent artist who actually has the capacity to describe his work without resorting to just using the words 'linear' and 'conceptual' in every single sentence like I usually do, regardless of their relevance.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-59835538030507321872011-09-21T19:10:00.003+01:002011-09-21T19:12:19.412+01:00Shack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjtnFtTrdF8/TnoowwrNA4I/AAAAAAAAAeE/j0nMJH5iZ1w/s1600/xui%2Bdong%2Bcity%2Bblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjtnFtTrdF8/TnoowwrNA4I/AAAAAAAAAeE/j0nMJH5iZ1w/s400/xui%2Bdong%2Bcity%2Bblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654877100282020738" border="0" /></a>Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-3210560356083351102011-09-16T12:04:00.007+01:002011-09-16T12:25:17.788+01:00Cappadocia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D08-tN8FC9k/TnMyBmlE46I/AAAAAAAAAd8/DLmtcFcschU/s1600/cappadocia%2Bblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D08-tN8FC9k/TnMyBmlE46I/AAAAAAAAAd8/DLmtcFcschU/s400/cappadocia%2Bblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652916960397419426" border="0" /></a>A drawing simply because I couldn't think of anything else to draw.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-41549916328586720472011-09-13T13:43:00.006+01:002011-09-13T14:14:10.180+01:00Emblem<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XfjYwCQGDhs/Tm9QwOlTGjI/AAAAAAAAAdc/FzfhBY10wqI/s1600/detroit%2Bmulti%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XfjYwCQGDhs/Tm9QwOlTGjI/AAAAAAAAAdc/FzfhBY10wqI/s400/detroit%2Bmulti%2B2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651824846851742258" border="0" /></a>Variations of a design I've been playing around with the last few days. It's all very much a work-in-progress at this stage. As usual, I am completely undecided whether or not to stick with this idea, or move on to an entirely new one. Again. My innate ability to avoid decisions and make cups of coffee instead never ceases to amaze me.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-19217336484822725272011-08-31T14:47:00.007+01:002011-09-06T14:28:50.690+01:00Polyamory Editorial Drawing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hqwwE2s2bn8/Tl49KBw_yuI/AAAAAAAAAc8/SaLBJndKa2o/s1600/The%2BSkinny%2B-%2BPolyamory.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hqwwE2s2bn8/Tl49KBw_yuI/AAAAAAAAAc8/SaLBJndKa2o/s400/The%2BSkinny%2B-%2BPolyamory.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647018225251109602" border="0" /></a>Editorial commission for the september issue of The Skinny magazine. The article was about polyamory (being in multiple committed relationships) which can be found <a href="http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/102993-so_what_this_polyamory_thing">here</a>, It was a bit of a challenge trying to come up with an illustration that complemented this months article, but I think it worked out pretty well.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-45027983837197970682011-08-30T23:38:00.007+01:002011-08-31T11:59:49.006+01:00What I wore today<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wEaz3ZiOclM/Tl4UGpGBlkI/AAAAAAAAAck/xuDy7cngy4g/s1600/sketchbook%2Bblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wEaz3ZiOclM/Tl4UGpGBlkI/AAAAAAAAAck/xuDy7cngy4g/s400/sketchbook%2Bblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646973087112074818" border="0" /></a>Cheers again Summer, you absolute bastard.
<br />Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-67051281048679279892011-08-30T13:21:00.004+01:002011-08-30T13:43:34.795+01:00Contact<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ajj-7VMq3XA/TlzWk00p_oI/AAAAAAAAAb0/osrl_omtQMA/s1600/contact.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ajj-7VMq3XA/TlzWk00p_oI/AAAAAAAAAb0/osrl_omtQMA/s400/contact.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646623960958893698" border="0" /></a>One of my project pieces from my 4th year Illustration brief. As much as I hated the actual look of the final piece, I was still fairly happy about the original concept for the design. Essentially it consists of a hand-made book and 5 accompanying CD cases/CDs. The premise for the design was to give people a more accessible way to interact with the world of astronomy and allow them to relate to it on a familiar level. In order to do this, I collected a series of sounds recorded by radio telescopes and designed a CD cover for each, illustrated in a way that reflected the nature of the sound and how we could percieve them (For example, the 'clock-like ticking' of a spinning pulsar, or the 'fiery crackle' of saturn storms) By relating these transmissions to noises we are already familiar with, I hoped to bridge the gap between 'the alien/unknown' and 'the everyday/familiar'. The book itself required the user to turn back each page, to 'look beyond' what we can see and hear in our own world, in order to reach the CDs and perculiar recordings housed within (Yes, some sort of painfully executed metaphor). Like I say, the aesthetics of the work itself seem a little terrible now thanks to the horrible curse of hindsight, but the basic concept still seems to hold up some sort of potential. Hopefully I can revisit the idea someday and not beat it repeatedly over the head with an ugly stick.
<br />Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-61125108892718634342011-08-24T00:34:00.004+01:002011-08-24T00:39:44.293+01:00Outpost<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zRRSldzVZ0I/TlQ6AptOwHI/AAAAAAAAAbs/RTiPIDt5VyI/s1600/outpost.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zRRSldzVZ0I/TlQ6AptOwHI/AAAAAAAAAbs/RTiPIDt5VyI/s400/outpost.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644200015872049266" border="0" /></a>Simple screenprint image capturing our ability to monitor and listen to the night sky through the use of modern technologies.
<br />Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-12085056054276037992011-08-23T20:27:00.004+01:002011-08-23T20:36:16.144+01:00Telescopic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwMkuiEo1Kg/TlQARtsmRCI/AAAAAAAAAbc/jodtrzm_SDk/s1600/asset12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwMkuiEo1Kg/TlQARtsmRCI/AAAAAAAAAbc/jodtrzm_SDk/s400/asset12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644136537326502946" border="0" /></a>Three images exploring how advances in modern telescopes and astronomy can offer us a new insight into the universe around us. The first image reflects on the similarities between star formation and the lifecycle of the common butterfly. The second image conveys our ability to interperate and track the movement of celestial bodies. The third image explores how radio telescopes can decypher the various radiowaves and emissions of the night sky and convey them as sounds, crackles and ‘whispers’ that are audible to the human ear.
<br />Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-8931945868346431222011-08-18T19:12:00.007+01:002011-08-19T13:26:38.465+01:00Caution<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4f3z8_mMFPU/Tk5QDZDmA0I/AAAAAAAAAbM/1EMlBTfS0RU/s1600/weight.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4f3z8_mMFPU/Tk5QDZDmA0I/AAAAAAAAAbM/1EMlBTfS0RU/s400/weight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642535402337600322" border="0" /></a>For no particular reason at all, a sketchbook drawing. After two weeks of flicking through old drawings and browsing the mess that is my computer folders, my head feels a little bit like a very badly run construction site. Specifically one of those construction sites you walk past everyday for an entire year and yet still have no idea what's actually being built.
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<br />Ps. Never call files 'final.jpg', because I guarantee by time you get to the end of the year that is exactly what every single file on your computer will be called. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, except the needle you are looking for bears an annoyingly uncanny resemblance to a piece of hay.
<br />Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-79275022154220859902011-03-31T11:32:00.001+01:002011-08-17T12:30:21.462+01:00Peachy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0SwkIOu4Z4c/TZRYWLIVIKI/AAAAAAAAAUU/PKhqj3XTBOY/s1600/jamesfinal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0SwkIOu4Z4c/TZRYWLIVIKI/AAAAAAAAAUU/PKhqj3XTBOY/s400/jamesfinal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590190175441723554" border="0" /></a>Getting there. Slowly, but surely. Nice to get away from the big project from time to time....Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-64826037519665855252011-02-12T23:13:00.001+00:002011-08-17T12:24:43.789+01:00Butterfly | Star Formation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-blLs268LNF4/TksLmVoFTTI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/AI89u4Wt2Ak/s1600/butterfly1%2Bblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-blLs268LNF4/TksLmVoFTTI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/AI89u4Wt2Ak/s400/butterfly1%2Bblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641615711479876914" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emaVi4UCu_c/TkqB4EPzdpI/AAAAAAAAAY8/90l2Fw0LCHs/s1600/Edyta%2B4.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emaVi4UCu_c/TkqB4EPzdpI/AAAAAAAAAY8/90l2Fw0LCHs/s400/Edyta%2B4.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641464283447654034" border="0" /></a>Development work for a project exploring the similarities between natural life-cycles and the formation/death of stars, eventually resulting in the construction of a hand-printed paper 'drum' that simultaneously explores the processes involved in both. The outer layer presents the growth and decay of a butterfly, through which we can observe the corresponding stages of star formation (Printed on the smaller inner layer).
<br />Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-65984338318498328412011-02-05T01:30:00.002+00:002012-02-16T14:54:02.882+00:00Reverse/Rebirth<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qvt8OjeuXrc/Tz0YScPaSyI/AAAAAAAAAgg/-xELEQKMOdI/s1600/butterflyformblogger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qvt8OjeuXrc/Tz0YScPaSyI/AAAAAAAAAgg/-xELEQKMOdI/s400/butterflyformblogger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709746607673199394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />(Click for full-sized image)<br /><br />Ignoring the fact that I completely neglect my blog and occassionally forget it exists, here is some preliminary drawings (that may soon become final drawings thanks to my dismissive approach to time/schedules) for my current project. Continuing on from my final year brief, I'm trying to draw parallels between familiar concepts and the world of astronomy. This piece looks as the similarities between the life-cycle of living creatures with the processes and stages involved in the formation of stars. Despite the difference in life-span, (several billion years. give or take) Stars develop in ways that mirror that of organic life, having a distinct birth, infancy, adulthood, old-age and death. These images are trying to convey this by attaching these stages to the corresponding phase in a butterflies natural life-cycle.<br />To give you a brief overview, Stars are born when huge clouds of interstellar gas called 'nebula' condense and collapse under their own gravitational pull. As the cloud collapses, its core becomes more dense and rapidly heats up. Eventually the gas will ignite and fusion occurs, giving birth to a new star. From here the star will burn for several billion years, using up its fuel and raw materials in the process (Our own sun is about half-way through this process). Over time, the star will start to shed its outer levels as it fuel supply starts to run out and its density decreases. During this phase it will expand to several hundred times it original size and slowly strip off excess materials and gas, eventually leaving a small 'brown dwarf' star burning at its core. (If the stars big enough, it will instead go 'supernova' , releasing all of its energy and materials in a violent explosion) In both cases, the star 'dies' and only remenants of its existance remain. The gas expelled from this process however will then go on to become the raw materials that will eventually condense and ignite the next generation of stars, starting the whole process all over again in a never ending cycle of death and re-birth.<br />There's really a lot more science about it, but that's a vague attempt at describing the process. It's 02:03am and science/the ability to think is beyond me right now so it's the best I can do under the circumstances.<br />The concept as a whole is needing tightened up and I'm at a bit of a loose end as to how I can tie the two images/sequences together in a way that's actually relevant, but the visuals seems to be coming along and it's the closest I've come to what feels like my own style in a while so I don't seem to be quite as disenchanted as I ususally am at this stage of a project. I'm feeling cautiously optimistic that I might actually produce work I won't hide at the bottom of my locker/bin/oven this time. good night.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-33389826182481401592010-12-05T23:23:00.000+00:002011-08-17T12:25:07.953+01:00BearBear<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6SFx10dVTTk/TkqL3MVy83I/AAAAAAAAAZc/IGyqki1n8ZY/s1600/asset11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6SFx10dVTTk/TkqL3MVy83I/AAAAAAAAAZc/IGyqki1n8ZY/s400/asset11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641475263556678514" border="0" /></a>Just some wee bears that eventually found their way to a screen-printing bed.
<br />Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432207343286807306.post-52010461025678443902010-12-04T16:19:00.000+00:002011-08-17T12:26:13.498+01:00sounds familiar<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5fDVD6oRfQ8/Tkp28ygF1iI/AAAAAAAAAYs/sedFZ7CMc8g/s1600/soundsfamiliar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5fDVD6oRfQ8/Tkp28ygF1iI/AAAAAAAAAYs/sedFZ7CMc8g/s400/soundsfamiliar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641452269955569186" border="0" /></a>So my brief for my fourth year project essentially revolves around making science and physics more accessible, relating it to familiar concepts that people can understand. Im trying to avoid dumbing down my subject matter, but I've had to take a few liberties to get the message across. This project aims to combine radio astronomy with our familiarity with sounds and music, dismissing the notion that space is just a silent expanse. Although im having to exclude a lot of the 'real science' behind my visuals, the hope is that they inspire people to see the universe in a different light and find out more detailed information for themselves.
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<br />Or to put it another way, I need to stop watching science fiction programmes and Brian Cox documentaries.Gavin Rutherfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425582712534278911noreply@blogger.com0